New kits and guns, but no more patches

Things are a little rough out there for some shooter games that aren't PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. While the entire game itself struggled with issues since its launch, ultimately leading to an announcement that there would be no further single-player content or updates, the one shining point to Mass Effect: Andromeda was its co-op mode. Sadly, it seems that despite what was stated in that previous post, that, too, is coming to an end.

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We're coming to the close of September, which means Fall is officially kicking off. Next month is the appropriate time to start putting up Halloween decorations AND NOT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, CONVENIENCE STORES!!! Anyways, there are a handful of co-op title releases this week, like Cuphead and Total War: WARHAMMER 2, as well as the arrival of the SNES Classic and the final DLC for Nioh.

Last week during this year's Tokyo Game Show, some of the development team behind the forthcoming Monster Hunter: World took to Capcom's stage to show off a few of the key features of the title, including the character creation, some of the story setup for this new entry, and the free-roam/exploration mode.

Well, wouldn't you know it. I straight up forgot to post our regularly scheduled Weekend in Gaming article. To be honest with you all, I thought everything had been typed up and set to go, but apparently the insanity of the workweek took my mind into an alternate dimension. To those of you who spent the weekend in an aimless shuffle, realities thrown awry by not knowing our gaming plans, I apologize.

While the co-op offerings may be limited to just bot matches, you can check out Overwatch for yourself this weekend if you're looking for something to do with friends. Starting now and running until 11:59 pm PDT Monday, September 25, download the title on PC, Xbox One, or PlayStation 4, and enjoy the team-based shooter that took 2016 by storm.

Sequels are all the rage these days between Destiny 2 and Larian Studios' Divinity: Original Sin II. We checked out the former during the console and PC betas, so we thought we'd hop into something a little different this week and dove into the cRPG sequel. As you might imagine, things went horribly awry five minutes into it...

The fall releases just keep coming, folks. Road Redemption, a spiritual successor to the popular Road Rash games of the early/mid-90s, will be leaving Early Access on Steam and making its full debut on October 4. Grab some friends, and get ready to ride!
Road Redemption supports four player local co-op throughout the camp...

A co-op jewel of the last few years is making one of the least surprising moves possible. Asteroid Base's fantastic title, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, will be available on the Nintendo Switch starting October 3rd.

Cuphead will be out before you know it, and let's be honest, you're probably not nearly as prepared as you think. You'll toil. You'll sob. You'll curse the Meatboy legacy. But, at least you'll get to enjoy some sweet cartoon visuals and a swingin' soundtrack.

After playing several hours of Dauntless Early Access (both during the Founder’s Alpha and the Closed Beta), I wanted to share some of my preliminary impressions of the game for those who have not invested in Founder’s Packs. It’s important to stress that since the game is still in Closed Beta, this is not a review, and I fully ex...

At the Tokyo Game Show yesterday, Capcom unleashed a new Monster Hunter: World trailer as well as revealing the game's console release date. On January 26, 2018, you and your buddies can team up on the Xbox One or PlayStation 4 to bring down some monsters.

It felt like it just came out of nowhere, and it will be here (on PC, at least) next week. Lion Game Lion's RAID: World War II arrives soon but before it does, creative director Ilija Petrusic wanted to shed a little light about this four player co-op shooter with that "isn’t just Payday 2 during WWII."

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Things are a little rough out there for some shooter games that aren't PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. While the entire game itself struggled with issues since its launch, ultimately leading to an announcement that there would be no further single-player content or updates, the one shining point to Mass Effect: Andromeda was its co-op mode. Sadly, it seems that despite what was stated in that previous post, that, too, is coming to an end.

There were some great ideas and nifty mechanics within Battleborn, but, ultimately, it seems like it was not destined to be a long-running franchise for Gearbox. In a forum post this weekend, Creative Director Randy Varnell stated that "there will be no more Battleplans and there is currently no planned content after the Fall Update." The lights may be on (for now), but nobody is home.

The PlayStation Blog spoke with senior director Jon Horsley from Sledgehammer Games about the Zombie Mode in the forthcoming Call of Duty: WWII. There are a few interesting tidbits scattered in the interview, but it also sounds like there isn't anything particularly new here compared to the Zombie Modes of the previous Call of Duty entries.

Since Bungie decided to fill their latest game with Things That Are Actually Fun, the Co-Opticrew has found it quite a bit more difficult to detach from than the original. As such, our weekend plans continue to feature a stream of aliens, loot, and alien loot.

Sine Mora EX, the extended version of a game about fantasy airplanes and also bullets, is already available for nearly every type of gamer. Luckily, "nearly" just isn't good enough for the folks at Grasshopper Manufacture, which is why they'll be bringing the bullet hell shooter to the Nintendo Switch on September 26th.

There wasn't a whole lot of co-op news coming out of the Nintendo Direct on Wednesday. The previously announced Kirby title finally got a name, Kirby Star Allies, and a few already known co-op titles, like Nine Parchments, were shown off, but other than that, the only other semi co-op news was the announcement of a Super Mario Odyssey Switch bundle that will be available to purchase soon.

If the 1000s of videos on YouTube are to be believed, dancing with your kids is fun! Ubisoft recognizes this and also recognizes you may not exactly want to do some dance moves with them. Enter the new "Kids Mode" for Just Dance 2018.

Bungie's next big loot-shooter, Destiny 2, has finally arrived on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. If this is your first time playing a Destiny game, you might have some questions about what all you can do with your friends; fortunately, we've got a Co-Op FAQ.

ArmA 3, a game known for its hardcore simulation of military combat, is shifting its focus slightly with its latest DLC, "Laws of War". Where much of the base game centers around the moment-to-moment action and tactical decisions required in a firefight, "Laws of War" hones in on the effects of those firefights on both civilians living in the area and humanitarian workers attempting to repair the damage done afterward.

Just a couple weeks ago, Neocore Games' latest action-RPG, Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr, dropped onto Steam Early Access. Since then, our usual Co-Opticrew has been poking around a bit to see what's going on in there, and last night, we streamed (eventually) some of it.

While folks are still busy gearing up and getting ready for the first raid on the console version of Destiny 2, a listing for the first bit of DLC for the title has popped up on the Microsoft store. Titled "Curse of Osiris," this expansion seems to follow in the same suite as that "Taken King" for original Destiny by adding a new planet to explore (Mercury), new weapons and armor, new missions, and more.